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Taking the Lane #4: Sexy on the Inside
by Elly Blue Author
In this new issue of the feminist journal of contemporary cycling, we are treated to one long essay from Elly Blue…
$4.00
View Details Quick ShopUnfuck Your PTSD: Trauma Recovery Using Brain Science
by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author
Do you freak the fuck out at the weirdest possible times? Are there some normal life things that you just don't do or…
$6.99
View Details Quick ShopAn Urban Field Guide to the Plants in Your Path
by Maggie Herskovits Author
This little field guide presents 15 plants that can be found growing throughout your urban home. Detailed illustrations…
$4.95
View Details Quick ShopChange Your Life then the World - embroidered patch
by Joe Biel Illustrator
Woa calm down hot stuff! We get that you want to change the world, but why not try on changing your life first…
$8.00 1 comment
Add to CartTaking the Lane #2: Revolution Every Damn Day
by Elly Blue Author
Taking the Lane explores women's experiences and observations in the male-dominated world of cycling, working in the…
$4.95
View Details Quick ShopSo Raw It's Downright Filthy
by Joshua Ploeg Author
Let us not understate the might and magic of Joshua Ploeg’s cooking. The dude’s meals sparkle in your mouth; they…
$5.95 1 comment
View Details Quick ShopOur Strangers: Stories
by Lydia Davis Author
“An overflowing treasure chest of jewel-like stories . . . A collection that you'll want to keep on your bedside table…
$26.00 16 comments
View Details Quick ShopNext-Level Ally: How to Support Your Queer and Transgender Friends
by Eli Sachse Author
If you've ever felt like you're not doing enough to support the queer and trans communities, this zine is a great way to…
$5.95
Add to CartTaking the Lane #1: Sharing the Road with Boys
by Elly Blue Author
In this 2010 zine, Elly shares her thoughts and stories about being a woman on a bike in Portland, Oregon. Having been a…
$4.00
View Details Quick ShopThe Beard Coloring Book
by Meggyn Pomerleau Illustrator
The Beard Coloring Book is a luscious, facial-hair-filled collection of illustrations, infographics, and games.…
$12.95 3 comments
View Details Quick ShopChainring Heart
by Joe Biel Author and Aaron Renier Author
The image that started it all. The chainring heart is Microcosm's logo and still a fitting symbol of all we do.…
$20.00 13 comments
View Details Quick ShopThe FBI War on Tupac Shakur: The State Repression of Black Leaders from the Civil Rights Era to the 1990s
by John Potash Author
Since the first day after the tragedy was announced, controversy has surrounded the death of rap and cultural icon…
$18.95 11 comments
View Details Quick ShopThe Enduring Legacy of Portland's Black Panthers: The Roots of Free Healthcare, Free Breakfast, and Neighborhood Control in Oregon
by Joe Biel Author and Aaron Dixon Foreword
In the 1960s through 1980s, the Black Panther Party rose up throughout the United States, envisioning a world…
$14.95 1 comment
View Details Quick ShopSticker #237Brains Before Beauty
by Webly Bowles Author
Think of it this way, if you don't survive this bike ride, you can't go even faster on the next one!
$2.50 3 comments
Add to CartSnake Pit: 2007
by Ben Snakepit Author
Follow Ben through his daily life illustrated as 3 comic panel adventures involving beer, weed, work, shows, tour, love,…
$6.00 5 comments
View Details Quick ShopBurn Collector: Fourteen
by Al Burian Author
In Burn Collector #14 zine superstar Al Burian lays down 156 pages of truth, trouble, and everyman blues. Whether…
$8.00 11 comments
View Details Quick Shop13 Years of Good Luck: The Microcosm Publishing Sampler
by Julia Alekseyeva Contributor, Lee Baillie Contributor, Moe Bowstern Contributor, Alexander Barrett Contributor, Nate Beaty Contributor, 32 more
To celebrate our thirteenth anniversary of publishing books and zines about self-empowerment, we put together this…
$3.00 8 comments
View Details Quick ShopHop in the Saddle: A Guide to Portland's Craft Beer Scene, by Bike
by Lucy Burningham Author, Ellee Thalheimer Author and Laura Cary Illustrator
Bicycling and craft brew—it doesn’t get more Portland. For the first time, a guide marries these two worlds by…
$9.95 1 comment
View Details Quick ShopFat Is Beautiful
by Crystal Hartman Author
Thoughts, articles, and reprints about America's fat-phobic, sizism, and pointing us toward fat acceptance. A beautiful…
$5.95 5 comments
View Details Quick ShopEdible Secrets: A Food Tour of Classified U.S. History
by Michael Hoerger Author, Mia Partlow Author and Nate Powell Illustrator
Illustrated throughout by New York Times bestselling author Nate Powell, these documents offer a filter into the deep…
$10.00 13 comments
View Details Quick ShopPatch #002Evolution
by Joe Biel Author
By now, other than than Ann Coulter, we've mostly agreed that humans evolved from apes. But the science is still out and…
$5.00 4 comments
Add to CartSticker #001Critical Mass
by Joe Biel Author
Critical Mass is an event typically held on the last Friday of every month in cities around the world where bicyclists…
$2.50 5 comments
Add to CartDistance Makes the Heart Grow Sick: A Book of Postcards
by Cristy C. Road Author
Basking in the trenches of leftover teen angst, punk rock, and brutal honesty - Cristy Road romanticizes the underdog…
$15.00 8 comments
View Details Quick ShopFrom Dream to Reality: How to Make a Living as a Freelance Writer
by Jessie L. Kwak Author
Want to make a living as a freelance writer? Here are the resources, answers, and real talk you need about what it takes…
$14.95
View Details Quick ShopUnfuck Your Masculinity: How Cultural Bullshit Fucks Up Men's Body Image; What to Look For and What to Do About It
by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author and Aaron Sapp, MD, MBA Author
Body image problems and eating disorders have long been considered mostly to be women's problems. But did you know that…
$6.99
View Details Quick ShopSick: A Compilation Zine on Physical Illness
by Ben Holtzman Editor
Sick collects peoples' experiences with illness in order to help establish a collective voice of those impacted within…
$6.00 14 comments
View Details Quick ShopMaps to the Other Side: The Adventures of a Bipolar Cartographer
by Sascha Altman DuBrul Author
Part mad manifesto, part revolutionary love letter, part freight train adventure story—Maps to the Other Side is a…
$15.95 16 comments
View Details Quick ShopSex Without Roles: Transcending Gender
by Eli Sachse Author
How much of your sex life is informed by gender norms that you may not even be conscious of? Eli Sachse's zine is all…
$6.95 2 comments
View Details Quick ShopBobby Joe Ebola Songbook
by Dan Abbott Author, Corbett Redford Author and Jason Chandler Illustrator
If you've ever wondered what it's like to leave your hometown and follow your dreams, this book is both how-to and…
$15.95 1 comment
View Details Quick ShopScam: The First Four Issues
by Erica Dawn Lyle Author
The classic zine Scam was equal parts an introductory guide on how to get things for free and punk memoir. Youths…
$16.00 12 comments
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